Connectionists: NYU Moore-Sloan Data Science Fellows

[David Sontag]

Hi all,

Please see below for a postdoctoral research opportunity in data
science at NYU. The original deadline has passed, but we will consider
your application if your statement and letters of recommendation are
received by next Monday (February 3rd).

The positions will be highly competitive, and machine learning
candidates are expected to have a strong publication record at top
machine learning conferences (e.g. NIPS, UAI, ICML, and AI Stats) or
journals.

In your application, be sure to explicitly mention the names of one or
more faculty members associated with the NYU Center for Data Science
with whom you think you might collaborate. More details are below.

Best,
David

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NYU Moore-Sloan Data Science Fellows
http://cds.nyu.edu/opportunities/

The NYU Center for Data Science is pleased to invite applications for
its inaugural class of Data Science Fellows. The positions are a
prominent feature of the Moore-Sloan Data Science Environment at NYU
and Data Science Fellows will be expected to work at the boundaries
between the data-science methods and the sciences. These positions are
part of a multi-institutional effort funded in part by a generous
grant from the Moore and Sloan Foundations. As part of the
multi-institutional effort, fellows will be encouraged to develop
collaborations with partners at the University of California,
Berkeley, and the University of Washington.

Fellows are expected to lead independent, original research programs
with impact in one or more scientific domains (natural science or
social science) and in one or more methodological domains (computer
science, statistics, and applied mathematics).   Ideal candidates will
have earned a PhD in one of these disciplines with experience in one
of the other areas (for instance a PhD in machine learning with
applications to biology or a PhD in politics with extensive use of
statistical inference).  Superior candidates will bring a research
agenda that can take advantage of the unique intellectual
opportunities afforded by NYU, and will have experience in working
with researchers across different fields.

Appointments will be initially for two years, with an expectation of
renewal for a third on satisfactory performance. Fellowships will be
offered competitive salary and benefits, with funds to support
research and travel.  There is some flexibility about start date, but
September 1, 2014 is expected.

Fellowship applicants should send a curriculum vitae, list of
publications, and brief statement of research interests (no longer
than 4 pages) to datascience-group at nyu.edu, and also arrange to have
three letters of recommendation sent by January 6, 2014.  The
statement of research interests should mention the names of one or
more faculty members associated with the NYU Center for Data Science
who would have substantial intellectual overlap with the applicant’s
interests and likely program of research.

More information about the Center can be found at http://cds.nyu.edu/.